Recent research into motorcycle culture — March 2026
Three for March 2026: Daytona Bike Week’s record-breaking 33rd edition, The Vintagent on Wendy Pojmann’s USA/Italy motorcycle book, and IJMS’s 2026 call for papers.
Motorcycle events, rides, shows and gatherings.
Three for March 2026: Daytona Bike Week’s record-breaking 33rd edition, The Vintagent on Wendy Pojmann’s USA/Italy motorcycle book, and IJMS’s 2026 call for papers.
Two for November 2025: EICMA broke attendance records in Milan, and D’Orazio & Mambelli’s ethnography of Thailand’s “Vanz Boys” landed.
Quiet October: only Daytona Biketoberfest worth flagging this month, with academic publishing in pre-EICMA holding pattern.
A thinner September: European Bike Week at Faaker See and the Myrtle Beach Fall Bike Rally on the Atlantic seaboard. Light on academic publishing.
Three for August 2025: the 85th Sturgis Rally, the Isle of Man Classic TT, and Helen Owton’s autoethnography on motorcycle maintenance.
Three for July 2025: the Malle Mile in Lincolnshire, the 43rd Faro Rally in Portugal, and the 12th IJMS conference at Akureyri, Iceland.
Three for June 2025: Wheels and Waves in Biarritz, Born Free 16 in Silverado, and a tourism study on rural motorcycling in Portugal.
Four for May 2025: women, Harley apparel and identity; Bike Shed Moto Show; the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride; and IJMS heading to Iceland.
Three for Q4 2024: Wendy Pojmann on motorcycle road racing in Italy, the IJMS Iceland conference announcement, and EICMA’s 81st edition in Milan.
Three for Q3 2024: the 11th IJMS conference in Nottingham, The Vintagent’s Desert Island Motorcycle Books, and the Sturgis 84th anniversary rally.